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Drawing, Clouds over Mt. Katahdin, Maine

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 7, 1876 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, yellow crayon on brown wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

26.9 × 43.8 cm (10 9/16 × 17 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, verso center: L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: Bright rosy / cool / 3; center left: 2 2; center: 2; lower center: 2 - Cold grey / 3 - lighter and warmer; lower left: mist; lower right: Ktaadn / Sep 7- 1876; verso lower left [not in artist's hand]: Presented by Mr. Louis P. Church, 1917

Cite this object as

Drawing, Clouds over Mt. Katahdin, Maine; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, yellow crayon on brown wove paper; 26.9 × 43.8 cm (10 9/16 × 17 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-636

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